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The D.C. Council last week held its first-ever hearing on a bill that could lead the District to provide reparations to African American residents harmed by slavery, making the city
Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (I-At Large) first introduced a reparations bill in the fall of 2020, but this year is the first time the idea is getting a hearing.
The Reparations Committee discussed how the city will implement direct cash payments to its Restorative Housing Program recipients on Thursday morning. The committee also considered hurdles to creating a separate cash benefits program. After City Council unanimously passed direct cash as an option for the Restorative Housing Program on March 27, city Corporation Counsel Nicholas.
The Reparations Committee voted 5-1 Thursday to extend its contract with affordable housing group Community Partners for Affordable Housing for 90 days, meaning CPAH will temporarily continue managing housing grants for Evanston’s Restorative Housing Program. In January 2022, the committee first approved CPAH to help reparations recipients manage and spend their $25,000 housing grants. So.